Who Was Alive

Were Charles Martel and Du Fu alive at the same time?

Yes. Charles Martel and Du Fu were alive at the same time for 28 or 29 years, from AD 712 to AD 741.

Charles Martel was 23 or 24 when Du Fu was born.

Du Fu was 28 or 29 when Charles Martel died, aged 53.

Charles Martel

Charles Martel

Military leader

Born 23 August AD 688 · died 22 October AD 741, aged 53

Du Fu

Du Fu

Poet

Born AD 712 · died AD 770, aged 57 or 58

  1. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  2. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  3. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  4. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  5. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  8. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  9. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809

Charles Martel and Du Fu in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Charles Martel and Du Fu were born

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